| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Hormones, 1918-1929 -- Diet, 1918-1929 -- Electrotherapy, 1925-1932 -- Exercise, 1930-1939 -- Skin care, 1930 and beyond |
| Summary |
"In this major new study, James F. Stark provides the first historical account of the most dominant ideas, practices, and material cultures associated with anti-ageing and rejuvenation in modern Britain. With a focus on the interwar period, his study uncovers the role of the commercial world in influencing attitudes towards ageing and youth. Stark argues that the technologies of anti-ageing, their commercialisation and their consumption made rejuvenation a possible and desirable aim in a period of socio-political instability, mechanised conflict and extending lifespans. Ultimately, Stark offers an innovative historical account, which draws together bodies, gender, science, medicine, advertising, and ageing, and shows how the quest for youth was transformed by social anxieties about an ageing population and economic crisis"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 27, 2020) |
| Subject |
Aging -- Prevention -- History
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Aging -- Great Britain -- History
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Youthfulness -- Great Britain -- History
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Medical innovations -- Great Britain -- History
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Aging
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Aging -- Prevention
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Medical innovations
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Youthfulness
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019038307 |
| ISBN |
9781108695428 |
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1108695426 |
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9781108705974 |
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1108705979 |
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9781108484152 |
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1108484158 |
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1108663362 |
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9781108663366 |
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